《大学英语系列阅读教程》所选篇目均来自原版的报刊杂志，内容既包括了广为关注的社会话题，又有日常生活中人们渴望了解的知识，还有一些值得深思的问题以及需要进一步探索的奥秘。

Unit One UFOs―A Second Look
Unit Two Hidden Dangers of Over the Counter Drugs
Unit Three Terror on an Empty road
Unit Four Tiny sacrifices at 22,000 Feet
Unit Five Who Is Jack Kevorkian, Really?
Unit Six Seeds of carnage
Unit Seven Twilight Mysteries
Unit Eight Whats the Difference Between Boys and Girls?
Unit Nine Whos Guilty?
Unit Ten Champion of the Chimps
Unit Eleven Many Bet the Farm on Auctions on the Internet
Unit Twelve Too Hot to Handle
Unit Thirteen JFK Jr.s Final Journey
Unit Fourteen MixnMatch
Unit Fifteen The Future of the Phone
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